Newcastle in the 1800's

All the following photos are courtesy of the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums photostream on Flickr.






Gosforth High Street on Race Day.

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Percy Street c.1882.

Percy Street, looking south, including number 38, Johnson Hedley, wholesale confectioner. taken around 1882.

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Quayside undated.

Quayside, possibly near the Fish Market, a fish seller and a small crowd gathered around.

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Black Gate 1886.

Black Gate, looking northwards towards St Nicholas Cathedral taken in 1886.

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Black Gate 1880.

Black Gate, close-up of the gateway with a woman leaning against a shop doorway. Taken in 1880.

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Castle Garth 1881.

Castle Garth, looking towards St Nicholas Cathedral from the corner of Dog Leap Stairs 1881.

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Castle Garth Stairs 1881.

Castle Garth Stairs, (site of many clogmakers shops), looking towards the Castle Keep. Taken in 1881.

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The Side 1880.

The Side, looking east, c1880, featuring number 86, the birthplace in 1786 of Admiral (later Lord) Cuthbert Collingwood.

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Quayside 1881.

Barges at the Mansion House Quay Newcastle on 26th May 1881.

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Sandgate 1882.

Sandgate, 1882, looking east. Includes the corner of Milk Market, number 12, the Three Bulls Heads.

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Stockbridge 1880.

The info with the photos just says Stockbridge 1880, looking east. Somewhere in the Quayside area.

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Sandhill 1900.

Sandhill, c1900. Looking north-west towards the High Level Bridge. Includes numbers 38-41, premises of B J Sutherland and Co, flour, grain, and provisions merchant; H and W Robertson, hay and straw merchants; J Richardson, hairdresser; J Edminson, corn and salt dealer and Newton and Co, india rubber merchants.

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Black Gate 1858.

View of the Black Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne. The date written beside the image is 1858.

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Castle Garth 1881.

View of Castle Garth, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1881.

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The Close 1885.

View of numbers 32-34 The Close, The Cooperage, premises of J W Mawson, dunnage mat merchant and John Arthur, cooper, c1885

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Black Gate 1875.

View of the Black Gate. The date written beside the image is 1875.

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